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13–18 Oct 2014
Hotel Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya
Europe/Moscow timezone

Fast Ignition Realization EXperiment (FIREX) and Prospect to Inertial Fusion Energy in Japan

14 Oct 2014, 08:30
25m
Blue 1-5 (Hotel Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya)

Blue 1-5

Hotel Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Overview OV - Overviews Overview 3

Speaker

Mr Hiroshi AZECHI (Japan)

Description

Fast ignition has high potential to ignite a fusion fuel with only about one tenth of laser energy necessary for the central ignition. One of the most advanced fast ignition programs is the Fast Ignition Realization Experiment (FIREX). The goal of its first phase is to demonstrate ignition temperature of 5 keV, followed by the second phase to demonstrate ignition-and-burn. Relativistic fast electrons as the energy carrier, however, unfavorably diverge at high laser intensities necessary for significant heating. This difficulty is overcome by kilo-Tesla magnetic field collimating fast electrons towards a compressed fuel. Such super-strong field has been created with a capacitor-coil target driven by a high power laser, and subsequent collimation has also been demonstrated, suggesting that one can achieve ignition temperature at the laser energy available in FIREX. Repetitive creation of fast ignition plasmas has been demonstrated together with the technology development of high-efficient rep lasers and pellet injection, tracking, and beam steering.
Country or International Organisation Japan
Paper Number OV/3-1

Primary author

Mr Hiroshi AZECHI (Japan)

Co-authors

Dr Akifumi Iwamoto (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Atsushi Sunahara (Institute for Laser Technology) Dr Hideo NAGATOMO (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Hiroaki NISHIMURA (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Hirofumi KAN (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Dr Hiroki Yoshida (Gifu University) Dr Hiroyuki Shiraga (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Hitoshi Sakagami (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Junichi KANEKO (Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University) Dr Junji Kawanaka (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Keisuke Shigemori (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Kenji NAGAI (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Dr Koji Tsubakimoto (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Kunioka MIMA (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Dr Masakatsu MURAKAMI (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Mayuko Koga (Hyogo University) Dr Mitsuo NAKAI (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Nakahiro SATO (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Dr Nobuhiko Sarukura (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Noriaki MIYANAGA (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Ryohei Hanayama (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Dr Ryosuke KODAMA (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Ryusuke TSUJI (Graduate School of Engineering, Ibaraki University) Dr Shunsuke FUJIOKA (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Suisei NAKAYAMA (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Dr TOMOYUKI JOHZAKI (Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University) Dr Takahisa JITSUNO (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Takashi SEKINE (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Dr Takayoshi NORIMATSU (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Takuma ENDO (Hiroshima University) Dr Tetsuo OZAKI (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Tomoharu NAKAZATO (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Toshihiko Shimizu (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Toshihiro Taguchi (Setsunan University) Dr Toshiyuki KAWASHIMA (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K) Dr Yasuhiko NISHIMURA (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Dr Yasushi FUJIMOTO (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Yoneyoshi KITAGAWA (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Dr Yoshiki NAKATA (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr Yoshitaka MORI (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Dr Youichi Sakawa (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University) Dr katsuhiro Ishii (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)

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